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Zoë Corbyn, The Guardian Haight Ashbury is adopting a tougher stance towards its homeless dreamers amid concerns over crime On a beautifulsunny morning in San Francisco, Stacey Griffith and her daughter, Ariana, are pointing an iPhone skyward to take a picture of the pole on which the Haight and Ashbury street signs intersect. They are

Free Thought Project In August, we learned the shocking truth that a familiar face on televisionJared Fogle, the Subway guywas a pedophile who used his wealth, status, and secrecy to exploit kids. Fogle pleaded guilty to having sex with two minors and possessing homemade child pornography, although there were many more victims. He agreed to a plea deal where

Reuters U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday it would be ridiculous to work with President Barack Obama on immigration policy reform, saying he cannot trust the president on the issue. Republicans have fought Obamas unilateral steps that bypassed a gridlocked Congress to try to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.

Reuters Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he is conflicted about the death penalty and wants to see reforms in how it is implemented. Bush, in an interview taped for broadcast on Sunday on NBCs Meet the Press, said executions can provide closure for families of murder victims but that other issues are involved. Its

Reuters One person was killed and another injured early Sunday on the campus of Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, the universitys website said. The names of the victims have not been released and the alleged gunman is still at large, local media reported. Campus police and local police could not immediately be reached for

The U.S. Federal Reserve may still be waffling on whether to raise interest rates, but one thing upon which governors are ready to act is making sure taxpayers are not again left holding the bag should the financial system face the same threats it did during the Great Recession. The Fed last week decided to require

A car accident Satuday night killed three people, including a 10-year-old girl who was trick-or-treating, and injured four others in the Bronx, New York, WABC-TV reported. A 63-year-old man driving a black car lost control of his vehicle at an intersection, crashing into someones front yard and striking the victims. There was a family of kids

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumps ex-wife Ivana Trump is excited about his candidacy, but thinks she would make a better first lady than his current wife, according to the New York Daily News. The paper reported Saturday that Ivana Trump criticized her ex-husbands third wife, Melania Trump, at a party in New York City recently. When

David Edwards House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) defended his demand for more personal family time, but insisted that he would not support paid family leave legislation because it would be a new entitlement. During an interview on Fox News Sunday, host John Roberts pointed out that there are many people in this country that would

David Edwards Former House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said in a recent interview that he knew Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) would become Speaker of the House because it was part of Gods plan. CNNs Dana Bash asked Boehner in an interview that aired on Sunday how he was able to get Ryan to change his

Tom Boggioni With an election on Tuesday, a Maine Republican who was caught posting an anti-Muslim diatribe on Facebook is trying to do damage control by apologizing and saying he never read the entire rant before re-posting it on his own page. Unfortunately for State Rep. John Picchioti, the same activist who discovered the anti-Muslim

E. Coli Concerns Close 43 Chipotle Locations in Washington, Oregon

Concerns about E. coli led Chipotle to voluntarily close 43 locations in Washington and Oregon this week as local medical authorities investigate the outbreak. The Washington Department of Health is investigating 19 cases of E. coli illness that led to seven people being hospitalized. In Oregon, three people are suffering from the illness, one of whom